Take your Valentine to Spain! Join us on Tuesday, February 14th for Valentine’s Day and enjoy the flavors of The Columbia’s award-winning Spanish and Cuban cuisine.
Please click here to find one of our Columbia Restaurants that is near you for your Valentine’s Day plans and to make a reservation.
Our regular lunch and dinner menu is available, along with these specials:
Tapas
Costillitas de Cordero
Tender baby lamb back ribs, glazed with guava barbecue sauce. 9.95
Entrees
Grouper “Pontevedra”
Baked fillet of grouper topped with sliced almonds and a lobster tarragon butter. Served with roasted potatoes and grilled fresh asparagus. 26.95
Wine: Adelita® Chardonnay Bottle 36.00 Glass 8.95
Mar y Tierra
Grilled beef medallions topped with sherry béarnaise and a baked half stuffed Maine lobster accompanied with citrus butter served with roasted potatoes and vegetables. 29.95
Wine: Don Cesar® Crianza Bottle 36.00 Glass 8.95
Dessert
Chocolate Tres Leches
A light sponge cake in a mixture of three milks and rich chocolate. 5.95
Columbia Restaurant Ybor City
Valentine’s Dinner Options
Option 1 Dinner only
We will serve our regular dinner menu from 4:00 pm to close with our menu prices ranging from $16.95 to $33.00 per entrée and is ala carte.
Option 2 Dinner and the Flamenco dance show
We will have 3 Flamenco dance shows with seatings at:
5:30, 6:00 or 6:30 for a 7:00 p.m. show
6:30 , 7:00 or 7:30 for a 8:00 p.m. show
8:30 or 9:00 for a 9:30 p.m. show
The cost of all seats for the dinner show will be $51.95 per person, plus tax. This will include your choice of 1905 salad or cup of soup, choice of entrée, choice of dessert, beverage and show.
Dinner & Flamenco Show Menu
Valentine’s Day 2012
All entrees include “1905” Salad or cup of soup, Cuban bread, dessert and beverage
Entrees
Mahi Mahi “Cayo Hueso”
Boneless fillet of Mahi Mahi marinated in citrus juices and grilled. Served with “Good Rice”, yucca, platanos and mojo
Mar y Tierra
A char grilled churrasco tenderloin of beef served with chimichuri sauce and three Panamanian prawns grilled and dressed with “1905” sauce. Served with roasted potatoes and vegetables.
Filet Mignon
Grilled tender choice center cut Filet Mignon. Served with fresh vegetable and yellow rice or potato.
Filet Mignon “Chacho”
In memory of the spirit of our great uncle Evelio "Chacho" Hernandez, youngest son of the founder. This is our best selling center-cut Filet Mignon, served with a rich sauce of bourbon, shallots and mushrooms. Flambéed tableside with
a shot of our very own smooth tasting small-batch, aged in oak 121 proof bourbon, called “Chacho.” Served with roasted potatoes and vegetables.
Roast Pork “A la Cubana”
Generous slices of roast pork with a delicious marinade. Served like back home in Cuba with black beans, white rice, yuca and platanos.
Paella “A la Valencia”
Our version, prepared in a traditional paella pan, features clams, mussels, shrimp, scallops, calamares, chicken and pork, baked with Valencia rice, extra virgin olive oil, green peppers, Spanish onions, ripe tomatoes, garlic, spices
and splashed with white wine.
Snapper “Alicante”
This incredibly delicious recipe was created many years ago by our grandfather, Casimiro Hernandez, Jr. It features the King of Gulf Fish, Snapper, baked in a casserole with sweet Spanish onions, green peppers, a rich gravy, olive oil, fresh garlic, sauterne wine and topped with sliced roasted almonds.
Pompano en Papillot
Today’s version of a long time favorite of the Columbia dating back to the 40’s. Boneless fillet of Pompano with seafood stuffing of shrimp, crabmeat, artichoke, butter and white wine. Served with yellow rice.
Chicken and Shrimp Barcelona
Boneless chicken breast sautéed with shrimp in delicious lobster bisque, brandy, white wine, carrots and onions. Served with yellow rice.
Arroz con Pollo “Valencia”
The original recipe from 1905 which made the Columbia famous. Bone in chicken baked in casserole with yellow rice, green peppers, Spanish onions, tomatoes, white wine and
virgin olive oil. Topped with green peas and pimentos.
Pollo “Salteado”
Boneless pieces of tender chicken sautéed in a hot skillet with extra virgin olive oil, garlic, green peppers, Spanish onions, fresh mushrooms, potatoes, chorizo and red wine. Served with yellow rice.
Dessert – Choice of One:
Godiva Chocolate Cake
Bread Pudding
Flan
Dinner and show $51.95 plus tax per person.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to call us at any time at (813) 248-4961.
For a waterfront view for you and your Valentine, visit us at The Columbia at The Pier in St. Petersburg or at The Columbia in Sand Key on Clearwater Beach.
At Columbia Restaurant in Tampa’s Ybor City, make your Valentine’s Day dinner special with our Flamenco Dance Show. Please call 813-248-4961 for special Flamenco dance showtimes and reservations.
At Columbia Restaurant, we believe that two aspects of elegant dining deserve specialized attention: The preparation and serving of the cuisine and the selection of the finest wines to accompany each meal.
» View our wine list for Columbia Ybor City
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Our 265-page award-winning wine list contains more than 1,056 wines with an inventory exceeding 50,000 bottles. It is recognized by many of Spain’s leading winemakers including Hall of Famer Miguel Torres and Vega-Sicilia’s Pablo Alvarez as having the most complete and the world’s best collection in the world of wines from Spain. We also carry a selection of wines from Chile and America
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Columbia Spanish Winemaker Dinner with Victor Urrutia, Fifth Generation of CUNE
Join us for five-course Spanish winemaker dinner
Featuring the wines of
Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (CUNE) of Rioja, Spain
Founded in 1879
With special guest of honor:
Victor Urrutia - Winemaker
Fifth Generation of CUNE
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Columbia Restaurant Ybor City
Seven O’clock in the evening
$100 per person (all inclusive)
Please RSVP by February 21st to
813-248-4961
or to colybor@columbiarestaurant.com
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